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By 

G. A. PUCKETT 


Author of ^'Grant's Old Star:” *‘The Story of 
David;” '‘Thoughts Along 
the Way.” 


Illustrated by 
HELEN WALLEY 


Kansas' City, Missouri 
BURTON PUBLISHING COMPANY 
Publishers 



COPYRIGHTED 1919 BY 

Burton Hublishing Company 



FEB -2 1920 


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To the children who are interested in the wel- 
fare of their pets, this little volume is affec- 
tionately dedicated. 



PREPACE. 


The stories of the ten kittens told 
in this book are true to life. They 
have been gathered from here and 
there over the country. All the kittens 
have lived and played their little parts 
in the life history as told in each 
chapter. 

The purpose of this collection of 
stories is to create more interest and 
love for kittens on the part of our 
boys and girls. If these stories help 
someone to be kinder to little kittens, 
then the author^s purpose will not have 
been in vain. 

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MACK. 

The story of Mack begins in a Res- 
cue League in Albany, New York, 
where he was born. The story was 
very interesting to me as the lady 
who owned Mack told me about him. 
I will try to tell you about the un- 
usual circumstances in this kitten’s 
life. 

Mack was a Tiger Persian kitten 
but was afflicted with a disease called 
mange when he was very small. His 
mother had a very bad case of the 
mange, but instead of being cruelly 
treated, her mistress took her to the 
Rescue League where she could be 
well cared for. Whilevunder- treat- 
ment in this League, which was a 
home for sick, afflicted and homeless 
kittens. Mack was born. A short time 
after his birth he and his brothers 
and sisters became afflicted with the 
disease of the mother. When Mack 
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was six weeks old the mother and 
all the kittens, excepting Mack, were 
chloroformed, because of their awful 
condition with the disease. 

Mack was left an orphan kitten with 
no home but the quarters of the Res- 
cue League. One day a kind lady 
went to this League and from all the 
kittens there she selected Mack to go 
and live in her home. This was very 
kind of the lady because Mack needed 
a home. Let us not forget this ex- 
ample when we see a homeless or 
hungry kitten. It would be easy 
for many people to make kittens hap- 
py in this way. 

The lady who took Mack had a little 
daughter who became attached to the 
kitten and in a few weeks they were 
the best of friends. By the time Mack 
was one year old he had learned many 
tricks and was very obedient. When 
he wanted someone to open the door 
he would stand on his hind feet and 
put both front feet around the door 
knob and try to open the door or 
attract attention. It was a good thing 
that Mack learned to do this. One 


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night he was left in the kitchen to 
sleep. The little girl of the home, 
Mack's little mistress, was asleep in 
another room which opened into the 
kitchen. About two o'clock that night 
the girl's mother heard Mack rattling 
the door knob and meowing with all 
his might. She knew that something 
was wrong so she went to the kitchen 
to see why he was calling so much. 
When she opened the door she saw 
that the kitchen was on fire and the 
blaze had almost reached the door of 
the little girl's room, where Mack 
was calling for help. His fur was 
scorched a little but he was not seri- 
ously burned. The mother said that 
five minutes more and the blaze would 
have been beyond control and would 
have made its way into the little girl's 
bedroom. She feels that Mack saved 
her daughter's life by calling for her 
to open the door. 

When the lady and her daughter 
moved from Albany, New York, to 
Chicago, they did not leave Mack be- 
hind. He moved with them as one 
of the family and '‘lived for a long 


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time in a boarding house in the big 
city. There are so many kittens that 
do not get to travel over the country; 
neither do they get to live in boarding 
houses. Almost any kitten is satis- 
fied to have a good place to sleep and 
plenty to eat. There is another thing 
most kittens like, and that is kind 
treatment. They like to be petted and 
loved as well as being cared for with 
home and food. 

After leaving Chicago, Mack moved 
to Kansas City with his kind mistress. 
For some time he lived in this city but 
at last he moved to Maple Park, just 
east of the city on the Interurban line 
to Excelsior Springs. It was there he 
lived and spent many happy days. 
Out there in the open, away from the 
crowded streets of the big cities. Mack 
caught grasshoppers as his favorite 
.-pastime in the fields. This he enjoyed 
.'.very much and it .wag also "gbod exer- 
cise for him. 

When the lady's husband would sit 
down to read the evening paper in 
the big Morris chair, Mack would al- 
ways sleep on one of the arms of the 


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chair. At meal time he would sit in 
a high chair at the table and eat just 
what was given to him. He would 
not offer to get on the table nor both- 
er anything in the kitchen. One day 
another kitten came into the home to 
live but he was not so careful to keep 
out of the food not intended for him. 
When he would try to get into any- 
thing or stand up against the cabinet 
or table, Mack would box his ears and 
make him get away. Mack had been 
trained from his baby days to keep off 
the table or cabinet and to keep out 
of food which did not belong to him. 

The years passed by in Mack's life 
until he became a very old cat. He 
never forgot his early training and the 
many little tricks which he had been 
taught to do. Of course, his mistress 
thought more of him after he saved 
the little girl from the fire but he al- 
ways had a favorite place in every- 
thing. 

At the ripe old age of fourteen 
years Mack died. His life had been 
useful and he had been kind and obedi- 
ent through all the years. It was a 


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sad day in the home when Mack died. 
The whole family went to his burial. 
He was buried at Maple Park in a 
little grave over which many tears 
were shed. He was loved by all and 
had helped to make life brighter with 
the life which he had lived. A beau- 
tiful and obedient cat was laid to rest. 


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SNOOKS. 

Snooks was a very small kitten and 
lived in a preacher’s home. He was 
well liked by the children in the home. 
One day one of the girls became very 
ill and for weeks everyone had to be 
very quiet. The kitten liked to be in 
the house and romp with the children 
but during those weeks of sickness 
he had to stay outdoors. One day a 
young man called at the house on an 
errand and as he turned to leave he 
noticed the kitten asleep in a chair on 
the front porch. He told one of the 
children that he would like to have 
the little ball of gray and blue and to 
his surprise the little girl gave it to 
him. 

The first ride the kitten ever had in 
an automobile was that afternoon 
when the young man started home 

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with the little gift. Kittens do not 
like to ride as dogs do, so this kitten 
was afraid and had to be kept from 
jumping out while the car was run- 
ning. 

The kitten soon made friends in the 
new home and was named Snooks. 
This name was given him by his new 
mistress because a little pet chicken 
she once had was named Snooks. He 
was trained in many ways during the 
early months in this new home and 
could be trusted alone in the house for 
he would not climb upon the table or 
bother anything. 

Nearly all kittens are afraid of wa- 
ter but Snooks likes to get into it and 
play by splashing it with his feet. 
He also likes to take a bath for he 
will not offer to scratch or bite, but 
stands in the bath tub while his mis- 
tress washes him. 

Sometime during each day Snooks 
has a big romp from room to room. 
He has learned to run fast and then 
jump on little rugs and slide on the 
floor. Many times a day these rugs 
have to be straightened and put back 


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into place. On cold nights he is al- 
lowed to sleep in the house on a little 
l)ed which is all his own. This he 
greatly enjoys, but little does he real- 
ize that many poor kittens which have 
no homes have to sleep out in the cold. 
Many times they go to bed on the cold 
ground and their little ears freeze 
because they cannot keep warm. 

One of the greatest delights of this 
kitten is to play with a little rubber 
ball which was bought for him. He 
will chase it from room to room, like 
playing with a mouse. He makes it 
roll by striking it with his feet or 
jumping at it. One day the ball rolled 
under the pantry door and the mis- 
tress heard Snooks meowing but did 
not go to see what he wanted. Soon 
he came to the living room and me- 
owed again and then started back to- 
ward the kitchen still meowing. The 
mistress followed and Snooks led her 
to the door of the pantry and looked 
under as much as to say, ^T have lost 
the little ball, will you get it for me?^^ 
She opened the door and found the 


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ball and the kitten went on playing 
again perfectly satisfied. 

On another day a Victrola was 
brought into the house where Snooks 
lives and at first he was afraid of 
the music but soon showed signs of 
interest. He would sit and listen and 
liked to watch the records go Yound 
and ’round. He would walk all around 
the machine smelling and looking as 
though trying to find where the music 
and voices were coming from. 

At this writing Snooks, the little 
blue and gray kitten, is alive and well. 
He lives in a college town but has 
never gone to college. He is satisfied 
to eat three times a day and every day 
he plays with the little ball which he 
enjoys so much. He is now about 
one year old and is going to be a large 
cat when grown. Let us hope that he 
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DUMP. 


This is a very peculiar name for 
a kitten but kittens often have pe- 
culiar names. Dump could not be 
called a beautiful kitten but his good 
nature and playfulness made him at- 
tractive and likeable. His mother 
must have thought him pretty for she 
petted him so much by smoothing his 
fur with her tongue. I have not yet 
told you the color of this kitten and I 
am sure you are wondering about it. 
You might say he was very pretty. 
His fur was a bluish gray and white 
and his face was white almost all 
over. He was just a common kitten 
but you know the common kittens are 
smart and many times as good in dis- 
position as the thorough-breds. 

Dump was very playful and would 
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he did and seemed to like most of all 
was playing hide and seek in the house. 
He would get behind the door and wait 
for his little mistress to come and then 
he would jump out at her as though 
he meant to frighten her. Of course, 
she had jumped at him in the same 
way many times and in this way had 
taught him the game of hide and 
seek. 

One afternoon in the summer time 
the little girl thought of something 
to do of which Dump had not thought. 
It was this. The girl had a nice 
little kodak which her uncle had given 
her and she thought of taking Dump's 
picture. Not very many kittens are 
fortunate enough to have their pic- 
tures taken. The little kitten had 
never posed for a picture and of course 
thought it was great fun, that is, if 
he thought of it at all. Anyway, they 
both went into the yard and the little 
girl placed Dump on the gate post. 
He seemed to know the purpose of 
being placed there for he sat still in 
the warm sun just like he was really 
posing for the picture. It was a good 


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picture, too, and the girl has the little 
picture .yet, although she is grown now 
and has a home of her own and an- 
other kitten takes Dump’s place. 

Dump always slept in the window 
during the summer between the screen 
and curtains. He would always an- 
swer his little mistress with a little 
meow when she called him. He knew 
when it was time for his meals as his 
master worked down town in a meat 
shop and when he would go to the 
house for his meals Dump would meet 
him at the door and beg for meat. 

When the yard was mowed and the 
grass piled up in one big pile, the 
kitten would run to it and hide him- 
self from his little mistress. This 
was great fun for both. They loved 
each other very much and where one 
went around the yard or in the house 
the other was to be found, too. 

Dump never cared to play with other 
kittens and would not be very friend- 
ly. One of the neighbors had a big 
cat next door, but Dump would never 
let him come through the yard fence 
if he saw him. He must have been a 


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little selfish but probably it was be- 
cause he loved his mistress more than 
other kittens. 

Many times Dump would go to the 
woodshed and watch for mice. He 
nearly always caught one and he loved 
to play with it for hours at a time 
before eating it. One hot summer day 
he played too long and it cost him 
his life for he became overheated and 
died in just a little while. The little girl 
did everything she could for him but 
could not save his life. Dump’s little 
body was buried back of the cave be- 
side the graves of two little bantam 
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MITCH. 

Mitch was a Deautiful Persian kit- 
ten and lived in Kansas. City, Missouri. 
City kittens do n^^ have such large 
playgrounds as kittens on the farm 
for many times they are kept in the 
house almost all the time. There are 
many dangers for kittens outside in 
the big cities, too. Some one may 
steal them and take them away from 
their homes or they may get run over 
by the cars and big trucks. 

A little girl whose name was Mitch- 
ell gave the kitten to the lady who told 
me this story. The family called him 
Mitchie for awhile after the name 
Mitchell. Some of them thought that 
name too long so they shortened it to 
Mitch, and that became the name of 
this beautiful Persian kitten. 

The mistress kept a large fruit bas- 

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ket on the dining table and when there 
was no fruit in it, Mitch used it for 
a bed. He learned to run toward the 
table and with one jump he would 
land right in the basket. Then he 
would curl up for a long nap and be 
perfectly satisfied for hours. He al- 
ways liked to get into boxes and when 
the dresser drawers were left open 
he would get into them. It did not 
make much difference to Mitch just 
what it was for he could feel contented 
in anything. One day a member of 
the family brought something home 
in a paper sack and taking the articles 
out, laid the sack on the bed. In a 
few minutes Mitch was curled up in 
the sack, fast asleep. 

The lady’s husband worked at night, 
or about half the night, and when he 
came home about midnight, Mitch 
would always meet him at the head 
of the stairs ready for a romp. He 
loved to play with the man’s watch 
chain but one day it was a costly play. 
The watch was left on the dresser 
with the chain hanging over the edge 
and Mitch decided to romp with it a 


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little while. Of course, he did not 
know the watch might fall and break. 
In some way he got his claws fastened 
in the chain and jerked the watch to 
the floor. Mitch did not mean to 
break the watch but it cost about sev- 
en dollars to have it repaired. Mitch 
could not repair the broken watch 
and he had no way of paying the 
debt except by love and affection for 
his master. 

Mitch was like Snooks (in the other 
story), he liked water and liked to 
play in it. He was very careful about 
keeping clean and would go to the 
lavatory and put his feet in the water 
and then wash his face. One faucet in 
the bathtub leaked a little and Mitch 
found that he could get a drink there. 
In some way he learned that he could 
strike the faucet with his feet and 
turn on more water. One day some 
member of the family had prepared 
a half tub of water for a bath and 
about the same time Mitch decided 
that he wanted a drink. He went to 
the bath room and as usual jumped 
right over into the tub, but this time 


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he landed in all the water. You should 
have seen him scramble to get out for 
he was terribly frightened. 

One day the lady and her husband 
moved away from the city to the farm 
and of course Mitch went along and 
became a country kitten. I am sure 
that he liked to be on the farm where 
he could get out into the big out- 
doors and catch lots of mice. About 
a year passed and the family moved 
back to the city, but Mitch was left 
on the farm with the family who 
moved on the place. Evidently he did 
not like his new friends or else decided 
to go back to the city for he disap- 
peared one afternoon and has not been 
heard of since. If you should see 
Mitch anywhere it would be kind of 
you to tell him that the fruit basket 
is on the table in the city waiting for 
him. His mistress, too, will be very 
glad to hear from him or have him 
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THOMAS. 


Thomas is another very peculiar 
name for a kitten. He was a grocery- 
man by trade, as he lived in a grocery 
store for seventeen years. 

Like so many kittens, Thomas was 
a stray that came to the store in 
search of food. The proprietors of 
the store, two brothers, were kind to 
hungry and friendless kittens. They 
allowed this kitten to live in the store, 
and not many days after he arrived 
they named him Thomas. At night he 
slept in the basement of the store. He 
kept the store free from mice, as he 
was a good mouser. He was well 
cared for, too, as he had plenty to 
eat of everything that he liked which 
the store furnished. 

Because of kind treatment and 
plenty to eat the kitten grew very 

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rapidly and made a large cat when 
fully grown. Many months before his 
death he weighed thirteen or fourteen 
pounds and was always fat and sleek. 
So many poor, wretched cats that have 
no home could be more like Thomas 
if people would give them a home and 
treat them kindly. A kind deed, 
though done for a kitten, is not thrown 
away. 

Thomas had a favorite place to sit, 
which was on one of the counters near 
the front window of the store. In 
This way he made many friends. He 
was of a lovable disposition and kind 
to every one. He could have num- 
bered these friends by the score as all 
the customers had a kind word or pat 
for him. Many people would stop at 
the window and look at him because 
he was so large and beautiful. His fur 
was gray and striped and he made a 
very pretty ornament as well as a 
good advertisement for the store. 

The play ground for Thomas was in 
the basement of the store building. He 
had many a romp there but one romp 
cost him his beautiful gray coat. Near 


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the basement stairs there was a large 
oil can or tank that had a large top 
which could be removed when the tank 
was filled with oil. One of the em- 
ployees had left this top off and 
Thomas stepped into the hole while 
walking across the tank. The tank of 
coal-oil did not make a very good 
swimming pool nor bath tub. It was 
lucky for Thomas that he got out alive. 
The oil caused all the fur to come off 
his body and this left him without a 
coat. ■ The only fur left was a little at 
the end of his tail. Some one said 
that his smooth body looked like that 
of an elephant. Thomas was ashamed 
of this condition and would not ap- 
pear in the main room of the store. 
His meals had to be taken to the base- 
ment for him and even then he would 
not come into the light any more than 
necessary. For three or four weeks 
he remained in the dark corners of 
the basement until a new coat of fur 
was well started. The new coat was 
even brighter and prettier than the 
old one so Thomas did not lose so much 
after all. 


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One of the brothers of the store 
seemed to be more attached to Thomas 
than the other. The cat noticed this 
and showed his appreciation in many 
ways. When this brother would go to 
his meals Thomas would get on the 
front counter and watch and wait for 
him to return. He could see up the 
street for a whole block the way his 
kind master would return and he 
would watch him all the way. 

For seventeen years Thomas lived in 
the grocery store after being taken in 
as a homeless kitten. The men who 
owned the store never regretted that 
they had shown kindness to a dumb 
animal and furnished a home for a cat 
that had many times repaid them for 
all the care and expense he had been 
to them. Many new friends and ac- 
quaintances had been made because of 
Thomas on the front counter. New 
customers had been added to the al- 
ready long list. The store contained 
no mice to disturb anything and every 
one seemed happy because Thomas was 
always happy. During all those years 
he never spent more than two nights 


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outside the store building. He always 
attended to his own business and was 
satisfied to stay at home and romp in 
the basement play ground. At last he 
died of old age and for many weeks 
afterward people would look on the 
counter for the old friend of former 
days. There were many regrets ex- 
pessed when the news went out that 
Thomas was dead. A life of good 
fellowship and love had not been lived 
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TIGER. 

Perhaps you have read or heard of 
tramp kittens. Some times they are 
called little beggars. No doubt you 
have seen such kittens along the roads 
or on the streets. Some times they 
will go for miles in search of food and 
home. In cities and towns they will go 
from house to house or to the stores 
in search of scraps of food to eat. 
Many times these kittens are afraid of 
boys and girls because they have been 
abused and often driven away with 
rocks and clubs but they would like 
to be treated kindly. 

Tiger was one of these tramp kittens 
in his young days. He had been cast 
out from his home as an undesirable 
kitten. Days and nights he wandered 
around in the town in which he had 
been left but no one seemed to care 

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for a homeless kitten. Sometimes he 
was able to find enough to eat but 
many nights he slept in an alley, 
cold and hungry. 

One morning this tramp kitten was 
sitting on the back porch of a drug 
store very hungry. His little body 
was wasting away. While sitting in 
the warm sunshine on the porch he 
went to sleep but was soon awakened 
by someone opening the back door. 
Instead of being kicked off the porch 
with a warning not to return he was 
surprised to hear kind words and to 
feel a warm hand stroking his dirty 
fur. 

The kind words and tender strokes 
came from a young boy whose name 
was Frank and whose father owned 
the store. In a few minutes Frank had 
a little bed arranged by the stove in 
the store and the tramp kitten was 
soon fast asleep. A little later he 
was awakened by Frank who had 
brought scraps of meat from the meat 
shop and this the hungry kitten en- 
joyed very much. 

When Frank’s father came in that 


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morning he was led back to the stove 
where the kitten was sleeping and 
asked if it might live in the store. The 
father consented and by noon the little 
boy and the little beggar kitten had 
made friends for life. 

'T am going to name him Tiger/’ 
said Frank that evening as he was 
telling his mother of the new found 
friend. 

‘‘Why name him Tiger, Frank?” 
asked his mother. 

‘^Because he looks like a Tiger,” an- 
swered Frank. ^‘His body has stripes 
all over it just like the pictures of 
Tigers in my books.” 

As the months rolled by Tiger be- 
came more and more at home in the 
store. His little master fed him every 
day and soon he was fat and sleek. 
He grew very fast and became the pet 
of the store force. He was taught 
many tricks and it seemed that he 
always tried to do what he was told. 

By Frank’s continual training Tiger 
became a little circus performer. 
Frank would clasp both hands and 
then hold out his arms in front of him 


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forming a circle through which Tiger 
would jump back and forth. 

Another thing which attracted much 
attention from the employees and cus- 
tomers was that Tiger would try to 
get into any kind of box left open or 
set out for him. He never forgot this 
and after becoming a full grown cat 
he would try to get into little boxes. 
Sometimes Frank or one of the clerks 
would give him a small paste board 
box and tell him to lie down in it. He 
would turn ’round and ’round in it 
until the sides were mashed and then 
he would lie down on the flat piece 
of the box. Sometimes they would 
give him a very small pill box and he 
would try to get into it. He would 
walk all around it and at last would 
lie down on top of it. 

As the years went by Tiger became 
the pet of j,ll who knew him. His 
master grew to be a young man but 
the close friendship with the kitten 
always existed. Tiger never failed to 
receive good meals and kind treatment. 

One evening while Tiger was lying 
in the alley one of the clerks called 


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him but he would not answer. The 
man almost had to whip him to get 
him back into the store. This was 
very unusual. The clerk noticed the 
changed attitude and spoke to others 
about it. 

During the night the fire alarm was 
given and news soon spread that the 
drug store was burning. Frank 
thought first of Tiger and of his de- 
sire to remain outside the store that 
evening. The firemen arrived too late 
to enter the building although it was 
not entirely destroyed. The next day 
Tiger was found on top of the office 
desk near a rear window. He had 
suffocated in the smoke but the flames 
had not touched his body. Such was 
the end of life for the obedient and 
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SAMMY. 


It is very interesting to know why 
pets are called the same names as 
people. Not only cats and dogs, but 
birds, horses, cows and other pets are 
given the names of people. Many 
times these names are given because 
of fondness for the pets and love for 
those after whom they are named. 

The lady who told me this story 
of Sammy also told me why she called 
him this name. She had met a very 
attractive young man while visiting 
in another town and when she came 
home she did not forget the new ac- 
quaintance. In a few days after she 
returned from the visit some one gave 
her a little kitten which she named 
Sammy for him. She never learned 
whether the young man felt honored 

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because of this, but the kitten was 
well cared for. 

Sammy was a beautiful Maltese kit- 
ten but his young mistress did not 
know where he was born nor any- 
thing about his mother, sisters nor 
brothers. He seemed like an orphan 
kitten and was given the best of care. 
In a little while he was satisfied in 
the new home and seemed to be per- 
fectly happy. 

As the months rolled by, Sammy 
and his mistress became very fond of 
each other. One day something hap- 
pened which changed the course of 
events. The young lady made another 
acquaintance — this time of a young 
man who had gone into business in 
her home town. Sammy was afraid 
of all strangers and would not play 
with any of the boys in the neighbor- 
hood and would not make friends with 
any of the young men who called on 
his mistress. When the nice looking 
business man began visiting the young 
lady Sammy also became acquainted 
with him. From the first visit he 
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and soon they were close friends. 
When the young man called at the 
home Sammy would always meet him 
at the gate and accompany him to 
the door. When his mistress would 
allow him to do so he would go into 
the house so that the young man 
might pet him. 

Sammy was never trained to catch 
mice and was never given one to eat. 
It is often a good thing to have a cat 
that will catch mice, but sometimes 
it proves very fatal as mice are often 
poisoned and thrown out or die where 
the kittens can find them. Sammy was 
not allowed to eat meat either, especi- 
ally raw meat. Feeding raw meat has 
proven very costly to many valuable 
cats as it has made them of vicious 
or cross disposition. The mistress of 
Sammy was very careful to cultivate 
in him a kind and obedient disposition. 

In the yard of the home there was 
an old tree in which Sammy spent 
many happy hours in the warm sun- 
shine. Not many feet from the ground 
the tree forked and this made a very 
desirable place to get out of the reach 


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of dogs and to rest or sleep. This 
had been a favorite resting place for 
Trilby, a kitten that lived in the home 
long before Sammy was born. The 
lady said that both kittens had used 
the old tree for a resting place and 
that she had often regretted that she 
had not taken their pictures. I am 
sorry, too, as I would like to have 
shown you the picture of Sammy in 
this book, but we will have to imagine 
how peaceful he was as he slept in 
the warm sunshine. 

One beautiful autumn day in Sep- 
tember, the young man whom Sammy 
loved and who had been going to the 
home very often, went to take Sam- 
my's mistress away. Sammy was 
pleased to have the young man there 
although he did not understand why 
so many people were there and what 
it all meant. 

A few days after the couple were 
married they moved to a little cottage 
in another part of town and took Sam- 
my along to live with them. In this 
new home he seemed perfectly satis- 
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old home again. He spent many happy 
days in this home and every evening 
he would go down the street to meet 
his new master. The young couple 
became very much attached to Sammy 
and gave him the best place in almost 
everything. Have you ever heard of 
a spoiled kitten? Sammy was like 
some children who are allowed to have 
their way for he became a spoiled kit- 
ten later in life. 

On another day, many months after 
the beautiful autumn wedding day, a 
little baby came into the home to live. 
Sammy did not know what to think of 
a baby crying and to see every one 
making over the new daughter. In 
those days he felt somewhat neglected 
as he was not petted as much as usual 
but he soon became attached to the 
little one in the crib. He seemed to 
love the baby as much as anyone else 
and at last he became so jealous that 
he would try to protect her when any- 
one would lift her from the crib. He 
would almost fight the young father 
or mother to keep them away as he 
seemed to think that they should not 


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fondle her. He must have been afraid 
that they would hurt his little play- 
mate, although the baby never got to 
play with Sammy except to coo at him 
from the crib. He became so cross 
and so jealous that he had to be given 
away. 

The father saw a man in town one 
day who lived in the country and he 
told this man about Sammy and of 
how good he had been until he became 
jealous of the baby. Sammy was giv- 
en to this man and he went to live on a 
farm. I have wondered how much he 
missed the baby but probably the farm 
life attracted his attention so much 
that he did not grieve very long over 
the change. He lived to be seven or 
eight years old and proved to be a 
valuable cat on the farm. He never- 
got to see his little baby mistress again 
but after she grew older she was told 
of Sammy’s fondness for her. She 
is now three or four years older than 
Sammy was when he died but of course 
she can remember nothing about him 
except as the parents have told her. 

Sammy is buried on a farm not far 


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from Liberty, Missouri, and those who 
knew and loved him will never for- 
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BETTY. 

Betty is of the Persian breed of cats 
like Mitch and Mack in two other 
stories of this book. She lives at 
Winnwood Lake, just east of Kansas 
City, and has a good home and a kind 
mistress. She is of a loveable dispo- 
sition. Her father is the famous 
White Czar, of Kansas City, and her 
mother is of good stock. 

Betty has not traveled over the 
country like Mack in the other story 
but she is satisfied to live in a com- 
fortable home with her mistress. She 
has no time for traveling anyway, 
because she has to be at home with 
her family of kittens. I am not sure 
she is perfectly satisfied though be- 
cause three of her kittens are far 
from home today. 

The day that Betty's first babies 

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were born was very gloomy and by 
night a storm was gathering which 
broke from the clouds in all of its 
fury later in the night. The trees 
were howling in the wind and the 
thunder and lightning caused Betty 
and her mistress much fear. The lady 
had gone to bed that night before the 
storm came on and Betty was in the 
corner of the room with her new ba- 
bies. When the noise of the storm 
was heard, Betty ran to the bed but in 
a few seconds went back to the box 
to be with the kittens. She kept this 
up, going back and forth, for several 
minutes. At last the lady told her 
to bring the kittens to the bed. It 
seemed that she knew what her mis- 
tress had said for she went to the box 
in the corner three times, each time 
taking a kitten to the bed. After three 
kittens had been placed on the bed, 
Betty took a long breath and seemed 
almost exhausted by jumping back 
and forth so many times. The lady 
told her that she had left one kitten 
in the box so again she went to the 
corner, this time getting the fourth 


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kitten. After a second attempt she 
jumped upon the bed and then cuddled 
down to sleep regardless of the raging 
storm. She had been used to sleeping 
on the bed, but was not satisfied to 
sleep there that night and leave the 
four kittens in the box in the corner 
of the room. This act of Betty's 
showed the mother love for her babies. 

The four kittens grew to be beauti- 
ful pets. There were three brothers 
and one sister in Betty's family. One 
of the brothers was taken to the state 
of Michigan, and one was sent to 
Abilene, Kansas. The third brother, 
named Jack, went to France with a 
Captain and his wife during the war. 
Only this one of the brothers went to 
war. It seems that it would be right 
for Betty to have a blue star for Jack. 
The sister. Blue Bell, is still at home 
with her mother. The father of Blue 
Bell and the three brothers is Blue- 
Eyed Billy, another famous cat of 
Kansas City. 

Blue Bell is not alone now because 
Betty has two more babies in the 
home. The father of these two young- 


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er kittens is called John and he seems 
to love them as much as Betty does. 
He will get into the box and wash 
their faces just like the mother cat. 
Betty does not forget Blue Bell as her 
first baby. She is almost two years 
old now, but Betty washes her face 
and ears every day just like she did 
when Blue Bell was a little kitten. 

Betty is very fond of going down 
to the lake and catching craw-fish 
for the kittens. She will sit near the 
water until a craw-fish comes in sight 
near the edge and then with one grab 
she has it. She always catches them 
by the back so they cannot pinch 
her with their sharp pinchers. 

Another of her favorite pastimes 
is gathering the eggs. Betty goes with 
her mistress every morning and looks 
into all the nests. If she finds eggs in 
the nests she will wait until her mis- 
tress takes them out. If she looks 
into a nest and finds no eggs she goes 
on to the next. In this way Betty 
helps her mistress every evening. 

Betty always knows when Saturday 
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town on that day. Betty expects a 
treat of good meat on Saturday. 
When the lady gets home from town 
Betty always goes to the hand bag and 
smells for meat. If she finds none 
she will go back to her box and lie 
down greatly disappointed. If she 
smells the meat then she sits upon her 
hind feet begging for it and is not sat- 
isfied until she and the kittens have 
the special Saturday treat. 

When the lady goes to the mail box 
for mail Betty always desires to go 
along. She climbs the post and looks 
into the box when her mistress opens 
it but she has never learned to carry 
the mail to the house. 

Betty still lives at Winnwood Lake 
and with the help of John she is care- 
fully rearing a family of three beau- 
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1 Jimmie was a drug store cat, fol- 
lowing the same occupation as Tiger 
^ in the story called Tiger. One of the 
clerks in the store found him in the 
alley one morning while burning some 
old boxes. The kitten was poor and 
hungry and seemed to be homeless and 
friendless. He was a stranger in the 
neighborhood and no one ever came 
to the store to claim him. He was 
lost and lonesome when picked up and 
seemed very glad to find a friend. He 
was only a stray kitten and no one 
knew of his mother nor where he was 
born. This seems sad but with Jim- 
mie it gave him a distinguished place 
later in life which I will tell you about 
in this story. 

In a little while Jimmie was growing 
and happy in the new home. He had 

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made friends with all of the clerks 
in the store and especially with the 
proprietor. They became devoted 
friends for life; even money could not 
separate them as a large sum was of- 
fered for him but his master loved him 
more than money. 

Some of the clerks taught him to 
jump through hoops or through their 
arms or over their feet. On one of the 
counters in the drug store there was 
a large clock which became the rest- 
ing place for Jimmie. When told to 
go and get on the clock he would obey 
instantly and then look around at 
those watching him as though he was 
proud of the feat. One day his mas- 
ter took a picture of him as he sat on 
the clock and he seemed to pose for 
it. The picture is now in the desk 
of the drug store although Jimmie 
has been dead three years. When I 
asked Jimmie’s master for the facts 
about this story he turned to the desk 
and showed me the picture. While 
we were speaking of the kitten’s life 
a man came into the room who used 
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asked if he knew the picture and when 
he looked at it he exclaimed, '-that^s 
Jimmie!'^ This shows how much he 
was loved and that he was well known. 
Like Thomas of the grocery store in 
the other story Jimmie had scores of 
friends and is remembered by many 
citizens in the town in which he lived. 

During one of the cat shows in Con- 
vention Hall in Kansas City a few 
years ago, Jimmie was also on exhibi- 
tion. He attracted much attention al- 
though he was not a thorough-bred 
and was only a stray. His fur was 
striped like a tiger and in the show 
he received iirst prize as the best tiger 
cat shown. He also won first prize 
as a stray, but to receive the premium 
his master had to take three witnesses 
before a notary public and make affi- 
davit that Jimmie was found in the 
alley and that no one knew of his 
birth or his pedigree. After receiving 
these prizes Jimmie's master thought 
more of him than ever. He- attracted 
much attention in his home town, too, 
whon the news went out that Jimmie 
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friends went to the store to see him 
and he, too^ became a good advertise- 
ment for the store. 

*0|ie day a physician’s wife from an- 
other town went into the drug store 
and saw Jimmie sitting on the old 
clock. She soon made his acquaint- 
ance and became attached to him. 
She was a lover of kittens and Jimmie 
so large and beautiful seemed to her 
an ideal kitten. She asked all about 
him, of his birth, pedigree, disposi- 
tion and mhny other questions. A^en 
told that he was only a stray picked 
up in the alley as a homeless kitten 
she seemed to think more of him than 
ever. Perhaps she had been kind to 
some homeless kitten sometime in the 
past and understood what it meant 
to care for one that needed a friend. 
She was anxious to have him as her 
own and let him live in her own home. 
I am sure that she would have given 
him the best of care and that he would 
have had a good home in which to 
spend his old age. In a few days the 
woman’s husband was in the town and 
went to the store and offered twenty- 


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five dollars for Jimmie. The propri- 
etor would not sell him f(|r that, and 
then the physician offerep him fifty 
dollars, but Jimmie's master said that 
money could not buy him. Such was 
the love for a kitten that had been 
so kind and obedient during the many 
years in the store. 

About two weeks after the physician 
had offered the fifty dollars for him, 
Jimmie in some way got hold of poison 
and died. He was nine years old at 
the time of his death and left many 
friends who have greatly missed him 
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PETE. 

To get the story of Pete I had to go 
to a large hotel and there I found an 
old gentleman who had lost his wife 
by death about a year before and who 
seemed lonely for her presence. He 
told all that he could about Pete, but 
said, ‘'if she were only here,” pointing 
to a picture on the wall, “she could 
tell you a fine story of this kitten. 
She loved cats as no one else on earth, 
I suppose,” he continued. “Such deeds 
are not thrown away either, although 
I used to think many of them were 
unnecessary.” 

One morning, while the good wife 
was living, they lost their last kitten 
and she had said that they would not 
try to raise or care for any more. 
That same morning Pete arrived at the 
back door of the home and begged for 

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something to eat. He was invited in- 
side and that was all that was neces- 
sary to make friends between the lady 
and the homeless kitten. Pete was 
not so young either at that time for 
he seemed to be nearly two years old. 

The gentleman said that there never 
was a cat that could fight like Pete. 
He was not afraid of anything that 
walked and cou^ J whip any dog that 
ever came into the yard. When he made 
up his mind that he did not want any 
dog or certain cats around the house 
or yard it was then that they had to 
leave. He would sometimes make up 
with a cat after giving him a good 
flogging if the cat was willing to stay 
long enough to make up. He was an 
awful fighter and yet he was of a good 
disposition around the home. Of all 
the kittens this lady had and loved and 
cared for there was none so loveable 
and of a better character than Pete. 
If it had not been for his fighting na- 
ture he would have been an ideal cat 
in every way. Perhaps the brave spir- 
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himself from cruel dogs and mean 
cats. 

For ten years Pete occupied the best 
chair in the home for his resting place 
and bed. He had things his own way 
because he was loved by all the mem- 
bers of the family. His food consisted 
of anything and everything that 
money could buy. • He lacked for noth- 
ing that would make him contented 
and happy. 

When baby kittens were born in the 
neighborhood Pete .was always one of 
the first visitors and took charge of 
the kittens along with the mother cat. 
He would fight for the baby kittens 
and protect them with his own life. 
No mother cat was afraid to leave her 
kittens in charge of Pete because they 
all knew his daring spirit and cour- 
ageous nature. 

After the death of the kind mistress 
Pete missed her very much. He missed 
her loving caresses and the good meals 
which she always provided for him. 
Of course the other members of the 
family took good care of him then, but 
the mistress of the home had been the 


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one he had largely depended upon. 
She would get up any time in the night 
and let him in if he came to the door 
and called. If he was not in the house 
at supper time a good meal would be 
placed back for him and then during 
the night if he came to the door she 
would let him in and warm his supper 
for him. All this .he greatly missed 
although he was well taken care of. 

Today he lives in a Boarding School 
for cats in the city of Chicago and is 
visited once each week at least by a 
daughter of his former mistress. This 
daughter loves Pete too and Pete loves 
her just as much. When she goes to 
the boarding place to see him he will 
come to her and put both front feet 
around her neck and try in every way 
to show his affection. He is now about 
fourteen years old and weighs sixteen 
and one half pounds. During March 
of this year (1919) the old gentleman 
received a letter from his daughter in 
Chicago saying that Pete was well and 
seemingly contented in the Boarding 
School. It costs two or three dollars 
a week to keep him there but this 


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kindness is due him after such faithful 
service during all the years. 


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